The rule of the big family is not to say anything, and when everyone is full, the female envoys bring a bowl of tea after the meal, and only then do they gradually speak.

Zhao, who was the first to speak, opened his mouth as a greeting, and later talked about his parents. The woman next to her would only feel verbose, but when the words came out of Zhao's mouth, they were like a stream in the forest flowing for a long time, and they were not tired at all.

Cheng Guyuan is not a girl raised in a deep boudoir, her personality is not informal, she speaks and does things confidently and freely, and the rare heroism between her eyebrows and eyes makes a military general's family like Ningbei Houfu look at her differently, and she has won a lot of praise from the second-room couple, and even Qin Mingyu is satisfied.

And the Cheng family and his wife also like Shen Ci, and still remember the last invitation, when Cheng Fei came, he also discussed with the second-room couple to take Shen Ci to the border, and this matter was finally over, after all, the Zhao family was reluctant.

The two elders looked at each other, and the more they talked, the happier they became.

Shen Ci saw that his mother liked the little daughter of the Cheng family so much, and he ate and drank without saying a word, so he almost engraved the word "unhappy" on the door of his head.

is not happy, he also has scruples.

knew that Old Lady Shen didn't dare to go wild.

At this time, I suddenly heard Zhao's feelings: "This time is ten years have passed, I remember when I was a child, the relationship between the old kite and our Jingyan is good, we play together all day and night, and now that we have grown up, our two families should also have more contacts." ”

Shen Ci endured it for a long time, and when he heard Zhao mention it for the nth time when he was a child, he finally couldn't help but say lazily: "Mother said that it was when I was a child, and more than ten years have passed, what does it mean to mention it repeatedly now?" ”

There was an instant silence in the hall.

Zhao had long thought that he would be dismissed by Shen, his face did not change, and he said: "General Cheng also understands my family Jingyan, his temper is so unpleasant, how can he be like your girl, sensible and likable." ”

Cheng Fei didn't care, waved his hand and said: "What Mrs. Zhao said, our two families have been friends for decades, my Cheng family has been at the border for many years, I have occasionally been ordered to enter Beijing, but my lady and little girl have never entered Beijing, many rules are not known, the last time you went back to your house polo match, the little girl was very playful, mixed with the man and raced horses, just returned to Beijing and made a lot of jokes." ”

The couple in the second room exchanged glances when they heard this, and they were probably surprised that the girl who raced with the man that day was actually her, after all, the couple only cared about matching Jiang Wangshu and Shen Paner that day, and they didn't care much about the others.

Reacting, Shen Chongwen smiled and said: "It turns out that the one who raced with Erlang on the field that day was General Cheng's daughter, the tiger father has no dog girl, your daughter has the demeanor of your youth." ”

The eldest lady of the Cheng family replied: "Second Master Shen, don't praise the little girl so much, she still has to grind her temperament, and she will learn more from the two girls of your family in the future." By the way, Eldest Princess Jiayi, I heard that Xiao Marquis Shen went to the Southern Regions, how long will it take to come back? ”

Qin Mingyu, who had been silent, was suddenly asked, and replied slowly: "How do I know how long he will come back, in the past, every time he traveled far away, it was not as little as half a year, he was not used to being at home, and he has not been to the Zhaoguo frontier over the years." ”

Everyone saw Qin Mingyu's depressed expression and looked at each other, the words of persuasion in the past few days were almost worn out, and they didn't see her face improve, so they simply lowered their heads tacitly and started to eat wine.

The eldest lady of the Cheng family realized that she might have said the wrong thing, so she quickly changed the conversation, and asked about the recent situation of the Ningbei Hou Mansion over the years, and the Zhao family was also willing to talk more with the eldest lady of the Cheng family.

The general's house is not restrained, whether the Cheng family and his wife are a second-room couple or Qin Mingyu, and the eight pickpockets can chat with Mrs. Shen.

The juniors didn't say a word, they listened to the elders chatting happily.

The banquet dispersed, and the elders went to the side hall to talk.

The weather was hot, and Shen Paner, as the host, took Cheng Guyi and the girl from Fuzhong to the pool to set up a tent to cool off.

There is a wide pond in the outer courtyard leading to the inner house, the pond is surrounded by flowers that bloom in summer, the pond is colorful, especially in the middle of summer, set up a tent mat by the pool, cool and beautiful scenery.

Ye Lingwu and Rong Xiu were late, and before they arrived, they had already heard the laughter and laughter over there, and when they heard the sound, there were many female envoys around the shore, Shen Paner and Cheng Guyi rolled up their sleeves with their arms, and their trouser legs were also pulled up to their thighs, catching fish in the pond that submerged their knees.

It's probably because the elders have been holding back at the banquet for too long, and the two of them look so unhappy now, especially Cheng Gukite, the action of catching fish is very neat, and it doesn't look like a raw hand, Shen Pan'er watched her go down with one hand, and when she came up, she picked up a fish, and clapped her hands in surprise.

Ye Lingwu couldn't tell what he felt when he looked at it.

Rong Xiu saw Ye Lingwu looking over there, didn't move for a long time, and couldn't help asking, "Girl, why don't we go over?" ”

Ye Lingwu came back to his senses, shook his head and said: "But it's over, didn't Mama Xuan send me a lot of account books from Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city yesterday, it's not a way to pile things up, let's go back to Jinghetang to clean up." ”

The afternoon sun was the most scorching, and when I returned to Jinghe Hall, there were only a few little maidens in the courtyard who cut branches, and Tanchun and Jiang Lanshu did not see anyone.

Ling Wu led Rongxiu around the corridor, but saw Qingju sneakily walking out of the courtyard with a letter, the master and servant glanced at each other, but no one stopped her.

"Girl, these days, the slave maid has been absent-minded when she looks at Miss Lan Shu's work, especially when she comes back from the polo field that day, the slave and maid pass by Miss Lan Shu's dormitory, and hear the crackling inside, as if she is throwing something." Rong Xiu whispered in a low voice.

"Drop something?" Ye Lingwu is very good, in her memory, Jiang Lanshu is always decent and likable, and she has never lost her face, let alone lost her temper.

Rong Xiu nodded and replied: "Yes, there is one thing that the slave maid didn't tell the girl, in the days when you went to the moon with Mrs. Shen, Miss Lan Shu would go out of the house from the back door every once in a while, and once the slave and maid felt curious, so they followed, who knew that Miss Lan Shu got into the carriage of the Rong family at the back door." ”

Ye Lingwu frowned: "You read it right? ”

Rong Xiu said: "That's right, it's the carriage of the Rong family, or the one that the Rong family takes every time they come to the Hou Mansion for a banquet, the Rong family lord and the eldest lady never go to the Hou Mansion for a banquet, and every time they come back to the banquet, it is the Rong eldest son, and the slave maid wants to have a private meeting with Miss Lanshu...... About the prince of Rong? ”

Ye Lingwu didn't talk.

I remember that when she heard Rong Yu mention Jiang Lanshu in the private school a long time ago, she felt strange, Jiang Lanshu served Mrs. Shen too much, and she didn't go out of the door, how could she get acquainted with Rong Yu, and later she didn't mention it at the hairpin meeting.

After returning from the criminal month, Jiang Lanshu served Mrs. Shen as meticulously as before, and she couldn't say what had changed, but she had changed a lot, and she didn't even fight to go to the banquet in Haitang Zhai today.

When it comes to the banquets held by the Hou Mansion in Ningbei in the past, she is the most active one.

After thinking for a long time, she replied: "Don't tell the old lady about this matter, lest the old lady get angry, the old lady is not in good health these days, let's talk about it later." ”

Rong Xiu thought about it and replied "yes".

(End of chapter)